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Synonyms for banish

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banish, exile, deport, transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own.
banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.
a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare.
illegal aliens will be deportedtransport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony.
a convict who was transported to Australia

Examples of banish in a Sentence

He was banished for life.
The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.

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